The Venerable W (2017)

Original title

Le vénérable W.

Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines how a Buddhist monk named Ashin Wirathu uses hateful rhetoric to fuel racism and Islamophobia in Myanmar. It shows the daily impact of his words on the country's Muslim minority.

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What happens

The Venerable W. (French: Le vénérable W.) is a 2016 documentary film by Swiss director Barbet Schroeder. It is his last film in his "Trilogy of Evil" which already consists of General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974) and Terror's Advocate (2007). Schroeder explores the daily occurrences of racism and Islamophobia within Burmese society and how Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu inflames the hatred within Myanmar's Buddhist majority population towards its Muslim minority through his rhetoric, which has catalysed riots and religious tensions. The Venerable W. is 100 minutes in duration. The film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival was released in France in June 2017 and in Switzerland in November 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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